97
      Scotch milled 96
      soup 415
      used for bread making 96
    Batter for bread, test for lightness of 129
      pudding 332
    Beans 222
      boiled in a bag 223
      green, description of 264
      green, recipes for cooking 267
      Lima 267
      pod, digestion of 39
      preparation and cooking of 222
      recipes for cooking 223
      shelled 267
      string 267
      time required for cooking 223
      time required for digestion 222
    Bean and corn soup 276
      and hominy soup 276
      and potato soup 276
      and tomato soup 277
    Bean gems 160
    Beaten biscuit 161
    Beating 55
    Beaumont’s experiments 29
    Beef, broiled 399
      broth and oatmeal
      comparative food value of 392
      digestion of 39
      economy and adaptability in selection of 398
      jerked 394
      juice 427
      liver of 392
      recipes for cooking 399
      selection of 393
      smothered 400
      soups 411
      stewed 400
      tea 43, 426, 427
      tea and egg 427
      tea in bottles 427
      tea, nutritive value of 426
    Beet coffee 360
      greens 247
      hash 247
      salad or chopped beets 248
      sugar 26
    Beets 246
      baked 247
      preparation and cooking of 246
      recipes for cooking 247
      stewed 248
      with potatoes 247
    Berries 189
    Berry shortcake 318
      toast 291
    Beverages 357
      cold, recipes for 361
      for the sick, recipes for 433
      from fruit juices for the sick 432
      recipes for 360
    Bile 36
    Bills of fare for 52 weeks 487-538
    Bills of fare 440
    Birds baked in sweet potatoes 406
    Black bean soup 277
    Blackberry, the 176
      beverage 361
      cornstarch pudding 303
      mush 293
      syrup 210
      tapioca 310
    Blackberries, directions for serving 181
    Boiled apples with syrup 188
    Boiled beans 223
      beets 248
      cabbage 250
      carrots 246
      cauliflower 251
      custard 322
      custard bread pudding 322
      leg of mutton 401
      macaroni 106
      parsnips 244
      potatoes in jackets 235
      potatoes without skins 235
      potato yeast 141
      rice 99
      rice, digestion of 98
      sweet potatoes 239
      turnips 241
      wheat 87
    Boiling 51, 395
      of vegetables 231
      violent, result of 51
    Bottled beef tea 427
    Bran stock 277
    Brass utensils 58
    Bray 109
    Brazil nuts 213
    Bread and apricot pudding 323
      and fig pudding 323
      and fruit custard 332
      articles from which prepared 110
      care after baking 136
      corn 146